Untap vs Ashby
An excellent recruiting OS for open roles. Untap runs the talent ecosystem around them.
Updated August 2026
$795
per elevated-access seat, per year
Ashby Foundations starts at $400/month and re-tiers as headcount grows; Plus and Enterprise add per-seat costs around $795/user/year. Untap keeps every seat free.
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The short version, for people in a hurry.
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PRICING
Pricing comparison, line by line.
Their plans on the left, Untap Corporates plans on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
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Ashby
Foundations
Ashby
Plus
Ashby
Enterprise
UNTAP
Starter
UNTAP
GrowthPopular
UNTAP
Ultimate
Their plans on the left, Untap Corporates plans on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
Ashby is the most transparent of the ATS incumbents: Foundations starts at $400/month for companies under 100 employees, with a 10% annual discount. The catch is the pricing basis. Below 100 employees you pay on whole-company headcount, so a 90-person company with two recruiters pays for 90 people; above it, elevated-access seats are billed around $795/user/year. Fast-growing teams report true-up jumps as they cross bands. Untap Talent is flat: $250/month for Starter, unlimited recruiters, hiring managers and external evaluators, and the price does not move when you hire.
Annual billing includes 2 months free. Subscription pause available at $15/month between hiring cycles. Education tier: 25% off list. Small NGO tier: 50% off list.
FEATURES
Feature comparison, grouped by workflow.
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Application and Submission Management
7 capabilities
Review and Evaluation
8 capabilities
Engagement and Communication
6 capabilities
Platform and Program Breadth
7 capabilities
Integrations, Pricing and Security
7 capabilities
WHAT USERS SAY
Common feedback about Ashby.
Paraphrased themes from public reviews. No direct quotes, no cherry-picking: recurring patterns only.
Genuinely modern and AI-native
Reviewers rate the integrated ATS, CRM, scheduling and analytics highly and note how little glue tooling they need.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Headcount pricing creates true-up risk
Fast-growing customers describe unplanned price jumps when they cross an employee band.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Search has depth limits
Boolean and candidate-search gaps come up in third-party evaluations for teams with very large databases.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
A complexity ceiling at the top end
Very large organisations report hitting configuration limits as processes get more specialised.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Themes are synthesized from public reviews on G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. We do not reproduce reviewer text.
BY ORGANIZATION
Which platform is right for you?
An honest take. There are scenarios where Ashby is the right answer.
Choose Ashby when...
- Your hiring is req-driven and you want ATS, CRM and analytics in one modern product
- You are a fast-scaling tech company that values AI-native sourcing and scheduling
- Your headcount is small enough that band-based pricing works in your favour
- You need best-in-class recruiting analytics out of the box
Choose Untap when...
- Hiring is one of several talent programs you run, not the whole picture
- You want unlimited seats and a price that does not change when headcount does
- External judges, mentors and assessors are part of your evaluation process
- You need branded participant portals, team submissions and public voting
- A persistent, gamified talent community matters as much as the active pipeline
- You are an NGO, foundation or university and need a structured discount
BY PROGRAM TYPE
Best fit by program type.
How each platform holds up across the talent program shapes teams actually run.
Being fair
Where Ashby is stronger
Ashby is the better pick when your needs match what it was built for — see the “Choose Ashby when...” card above. Untap is the better pick when you run programs continuously and need unlimited submissions, users and programs on one flat price. Both are valid; the honest question is volume and frequency.
Last reviewed: August 2026
What you also get, beyond the comparison above
Point tools win on one job and stop. Untap ships the whole program lifecycle on one engine — including a training stack and an events and bookings stack most alternatives do not have at all.
Trusted at scale
1M+ participants have applied to programs built on Untap.
Fortune 500 innovation teams, UN agencies, universities and national governments run their programs here.
1M+
Participants
400+
Programs
100+
Customers
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